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Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services Safety Orientation

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Choose administrative, business and staffing support; cleaning, facilities and property support; grounds and pest-control support; security and site support; or waste, recycling and remediation support. Practice hazard recognition, client-site handoffs, task limits, protection and Stop and Ask. Allow 30–60 minutes total for the online orientation and the walkthrough with your supervisor.

AWSO-001 · School of Occupational Safety · General Occupational Safety

Open for enrollment · Free with an account · Noncredit. 7 lessons and a 13-question final knowledge assessment.

For: New hires, young and returning workers, temporary employees, supervisors and host contacts in NAICS 56 administrative, support, waste management and remediation services

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Open all seven lessons, activities, the final quiz and supervisor worksheet directly. Practice progress stays in this browser when storage is available. This version does not create an account completion record or certificate; use the account classroom for those records.

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General awareness; specialized training and qualifications remain separate. This is a general safety overview for administrative, support, waste and remediation workplaces. It is not HAZWOPER training and provides no required initial, refresher, supervisor or emergency-response training credit. It also gives no required training credit for hazardous-waste rules (RCRA) or hazardous-materials transport (DOT). It does not replace employer, host-site or task-specific instruction, supervised experience, qualifications or work authorization. It does not qualify hazardous-waste handling, pesticide application, security response, equipment or electrical work, asbestos or lead abatement, confined-space entry, respirator use or rescue. Required credentials, licenses and local permission remain separate.

The free SCORM 1.2 package includes all seven lessons, activities, the final quiz and the fillable supervisor worksheet. Sign in to download it, then have your LMS administrator test it in your platform before assigning it to employees.

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Local package and account-player checks completed. External SCORM Cloud validation is pending; test this release in your company’s LMS before assignment.

Your company LMS manages its learner records and certificates. Use the worksheet with your supervisor during the workplace walkthrough and task instruction.

What you will study

Confirm the assignment and client-site limits
New work needs instruction and support
Recognize four priority hazard groups
Check controls, PPE and product information
Stop and ask when the assignment changes
Get help and follow your emergency role
Connect the orientation to your actual assignment

Assessment and completion

Complete the lessons in order and correctly answer every practice check. Practice is unlimited. Pass with at least 11 of 13 correct, including the course-scope question about task qualifications. You may retake the final assessment after reviewing missed topics. An assessment attempt counts only when the server confirms it.

After passing, submit a 1–5 star rating to finish the course. Every rating is accepted equally; written feedback is optional. Your account retains the online knowledge completion, and you can download a knowledge record. This course does not issue an OSHA Outreach card or a professional or occupational certification.

Employer workplace component

Begin the supervisor or host walkthrough at a permitted meeting point. Confirm the assignment, employer and client-site contacts, backup, age and task limits, qualifications, local routes, handling aids, equipment boundaries, sharps reporting, task PPE, applicable SDS access, outdoor or lone-work arrangements and emergency resources. Record open questions, owners, follow-up times and affected tasks that must wait. Exclude access codes, confidential client or personnel records and private medical details. The employer records this separately; the online result and worksheet provide no HAZWOPER credit, specialized qualification, entry permission or work authorization.

The employer determines applicability and provides instruction in language and vocabulary the employee understands. Where the standard requires interaction with a knowledgeable or qualified trainer, arrange appropriate access through the employer. Training support is asynchronous and has no guaranteed response time. Use the employer’s designated route for urgent safety decisions and required timely trainer access.

Online completion alone does not establish workplace compliance, operator qualification, competent-person status or permission to perform a hazardous task. Keep employer verification and any medical information in the employer’s appropriate records.

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Version 1.0.0. Federal source review: November 5, 2026. Linked sources support this introductory course; state-plan and employer requirements may add obligations.

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Course developed by Todd Jerome Jenkins, MS, CSP